Belt-holder for engines.



E. `6a G..HIGKS. BELTVHOLDER PGB. ENGINES. APILIOATION FILED ;r.A.N.17,19oe.v

900,538. y l Patented ont. 6,1908.

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ELMER HICKS AND CLARENCE HICKS, OF MONTEZUMA, IOWA.

BELTQHOLDER ron ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Iatent'.` Application filed January 17,` 1908. Serial No.411,335.

Patented oct. e,19o8.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELMERV I-Iroxs and CLAPENGE Hroxs, both citizens ofthe United States, residing at Montezuma, in the county of Powesheik and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Belt-Holder for Engines, of which the following is a specitication.

The object of this invention isV to provide means for retaining a belt on a pulley.

A further object of this invention is to provide a combined belt holder and fender, whereby a belt is retained on a pulley and the pulley is guarded against dangerous manual contact while in operation.

A further object of this invention is to provide means whereby one operator can place a belt on the pulley of a traction engine, adjust a holder to said pulley and back the engine in such manner as to tighten the belt without risk of accidental removal of the belt from the pulley.

Our invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out inl our claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing our device mounted as j required for practical use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the position occupied by the holder during the operation of placing `or removing a belt from the pulley. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the indicatedline 4 4 of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of a modified con* struction.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates abracket adapted to be secured to some convenient part of a traction engine 11 contiguous to and on the inner side of a drive pulley 12 carried by and forming a part of said engine. An arm 13 is `formed on and projects outwardly from the upper end portion ofthe bracket 10 across the plane of and above the pulley 12, and said arm preferably is formed as la pivot or journal bearing. A hinge member 14 is journaled on and projects rearward from the arm13 and a metal strap 15 is fixed at one end to said hinge member. The strap l5 is of a length greater than onehalf the circumference of the pulley 12 and is curved concentric to the rim of said pulley and is formed with a roll or eye at its end opposite to the hinge member. A slot 17 15 between the center and the lower end of said strap. An arm 18 is fixed at one end to a suitable support, such as a stub axle 19 C is formed in and longitudinally of the strap4 tains the strap in a position concentric with and at the rear of the rim of the pulley\12. A cross bar 21 is fixed at its center to and projects in opposite directions from the stra p 15 adjacent the hinge 14 and guide rollers or pulleys 22, 23 are journaled on pins or bolts 24, 25 in and at right angles to the ends of said cross bar; The guide rollers 22, 23 project radially of the` pulley 12 and on opposite sides of the rim of said pulley. A cross bar 26 is fixed at its center to and projects in opposite directions from the strap 15 adjacent the roll or eye 16 and guide rollers or pulleys 27, 28 are journaled on pins or bolts 29, 30 in and at right angles to the ends of said` cross bar. The guide rollers 27, 28 project radially of the pulley 12 and on opposite sides of the rim of said pulley and are located materially lower than the rollers 22, 23.

When the strap 15 is detached from the hook 20 it can be separated from the pulley 12 a material distance as shown in Fig. 3, and when so separated a belt can be 'applied to or removed from the pulley by movement laterally.- When the strap is positioned as shown in Figs. 1,2 and 4 the pulleys 22, 27 on one side and the pulleys 23, 28 on the other side form guides for the belt and may be engaged by the side margins of the belt and prevent accidental removal thereof from the pulley 12. By this means an operator can mount abelt on the pulley of a grain separator and on the pulley 12 while the belt is slack, and then back up the traction engine and tighten the belt on. the pulleys without risk of accidental removal of said belt from the pulley 12. It will be observed, also, that the combined strap 15, cross bars 21 and 26 and the guide rollers form a fender for the drive pulley 12 and prevent accidental contact of the operator with said pulley.

It is desirable toprovide adjustable means for connecting the strap to the support auxiliary to the hinge 14, and provision is made therefor in the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this construction the strap 15a is imperforate and a plate 3l is formed with loops 32, 33 snugly embracing the strap, the plate 'extending longitudinally of the strap and slightly curved. A slot 34 is formed in yhe central portion of the plate 3l. A plate 35 is mounted on the outer end portion'of an arm 13a and is adjustably secured thereto by a set screw 36. The plate 35 is curved to coliform to the plate 31l and is provided with a lug 37 on its convex face, Which lug is adapted in size and shape to enter and engage in the slot 34. The plate 35 is formed with lianges 38, 39 on its side margins adapted to engage the side margins of the strap 15a and prevent twisting of said strap. The plate 31 is connected adjustably to the strap 15a by set screws 40, 41 in the loops 32, 33 engaging said strap, and said plate may be moved into any desired position in the length of said strap. Thus provision is made for adjusting the connection of the strap to variously located supports, such as stub axle 19, and for adjusting the curvature of the strap concentric with variously sized pulleys, such as 12.

l/Ve claim as our inventionl. A belt holder for engines, comprising a strap pivotally mounted at one end and adapted to be moved through an are, guide pulleys carried by said strap, and means for' adjustably holding said strap concentric with a pulley rim.

2. A belt holder for engines, comprising a, bracket, a strap hinged at one end to said bracket, cross bars on said strap, guide rollers on said cross bars, and detachable means for holding said strap concentric with the rim of a pulley.

3. A belt holder for engines, comprising a bracket, a strap hinged at one end to said bracket, cross bars on said strap, guide rollers on said cross bars, and detachable means for holding said strap concentric with the rim of a pulley, said guide rollers projecting radially of said pulley and on opposite sides of the rim thereof.

4l. A belt holder for engines, comprising a, bracket, a strap hinged at one end to said bracket, cross bars on said strap, guide rollers on said. cross bars, an arm, and detachable connections between said arm and strap.

ELMER HICKS. CLARENCE HICKS.

Titnesses A. C. MGGILL, JNO. A. FULTON. 

